Jack Otterson
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Jack Otterson | |
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| Born | August 25, 1905 |
| Died | December 22, 1991 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Art director |
| Years active | 1934-1953 |
John (Jack) Edward Otterson (August 25, 1905 – December 22, 1991) was an American art director. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 300 films between the years of 1934 and 1953.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Otterson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 25, 1905. He was educated at Yale, where he was an editor of a campus humor magazine The Yale Record with writer Geoffrey T. Hellman, writer and film critic Dwight Macdonald and Hollywood photographer Jerome Zerbe.[1]
Death
[edit | edit source]Otterson died in Los Angeles, California on December 22, 1991.
Awards
[edit | edit source]Otterson was nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
- The Magnificent Brute (1936)[2]
- You're a Sweetheart (1937)[3]
- Mad About Music (1938)[4]
- First Love (1939)[5]
- The Boys from Syracuse (1940)[6]
- The Flame of New Orleans (1941)[7]
- Arabian Nights (1942)[8]
- The Spoilers (1942)[8]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- The Missing Guest (1938)
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- Tower of London (1939)
- The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
- The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
- The Spoilers (1942)
- Arabian Nights (1942)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Yale Banner and Pot Pourri. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1927. p. 229.
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External links
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